Thanks Sharon, I'll see if I can locate a copy. Cheers, Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Carberry" <sm8carberry@comcast.net> To: <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 8:54 AM Subject: [CLARE] Re: Cusack genealogies > Jo, > Yes as to grantor's and townland sets of books at > The Registry. > > Fiches of the biographical notices (which are the actual > newspaper articles, in toto) are available in almost > every major genealogical collection which includes > Irish material. I believe you have some major > university libraries that you can check in your general > area. (In the U.S., the Newberry Library in Chicago > has the set.) Cusack may be a short enough section > (since the series only covers Munster-region newspapers) that you can ask > for photocopies of the Cusacks, rather than try to get to the fiches > themselves. > I took notes on a few surnames in my research, when > I was in the Genealogical Office, Dublin, by special > permission, and I had only 20 minutes till closing. > Then I obtained the Hehir set by photocopies from a > very kind person with access to the Newberry. You > certainly relationships and the scoop on the characters > of these folk. Well worth the effort. > > Sharon C. >